Advice I Like: Responsibility

“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.” – from Excellent Advice for Living I’ve worked with a lot of people...

Another Model, More Data Loss

More issues with the newest GPT-5.6 model, including data loss incidents.

Finding a Database Master Key

AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue

I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some sort of agent. I’m doing the same, but in this case, I had it tackle...

Flyway Tips: Immediate Code Review for Developers

At the Redgate Summits this year, we’ve highlighted a few things in the Flyway solution that help developers improve their ability to get work done safely and quickly. While...

Limiting Checkpoints

What is CPU Usage?

Tracking metrics and reporting on them to others can help ensure everyone is aware of how your database servers are functioning. However, Steve notes that we have to agree on what we are measuring.

IT Staffer Fired

An IT staffer is fired after a security incident.

SQL Server Certificates

Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code

Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge 2026 (formerly SQL Saturday Baton Rouge). The slides are here: Building an API with DAB...